THEME EXPLORATION

sports doping

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Kings Ransom
2009 · Peter Berg

Touchdown Mickey
1932 · Wilfred Jackson

Vive Le Tour
1962 · Louis Malle

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Leni Riefenstahl

Short Plays
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Hajime no Ippo
2003 · —

2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Dead Cert
1974 · Tony Richardson

Film For Guitar

Film For Guitar
1966 · Bruce Beresford

Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973 · Jean Rouch

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · J. Lee Thompson

The Hand of God
2021 · Paolo Sorrentino

This Sporting Life
1963 · Lindsay Anderson

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas
1930 · Dziga Vertov

Garrincha: Joy of the People
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Turning Point
1982 · Yannis Dalianidis

Nacho Libre
2006 · Jared Hess

Arthur the King
2024 · Simon Cellan Jones

Goon
2012 · Michael Dowse

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Dan Gilroy USA

His film 'Nightcrawler' explores obsession and moral compromise in pursuit of success, themes central to doping narratives.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany

Directed 'The Lives of Others' examining surveillance and state control, directly paralleling East German doping programs depicted in sports documentaries.

Stephen Frears UK

His film 'The Program' directly dramatizes the Lance Armstrong doping scandal and institutional corruption in professional cycling.